LA Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers postgame Notes and Quotes. Galaxy Head Coach Sigi Schimd had this to say on the team’s defensive performance, “I thought our defensive work was good. I thought [David] Bingham was solid in goal, I thought [Michael] Ciani and Joregn [Skjelvik] were good together, that was fantastic.”

With 37 caps, Gyasi Zardes is the most seasoned player at the international level, followed by Juan Agudelo (27), Jordan Morris (24) and Paul Arriola (15), Zardes, a graduate of the LA Galaxy Academy, is one of 19 players on the roster with ties to a U.S. Soccer Development Academy club.

Despite their humble place in the Western Conference standings, the Galaxy were the better side for long stretches and deserved their lead when Gyasi Zardes headed home a Romain Alessandrini cross in the first half.

StubHub Center is first-ever soccer specific stadium in Major League Soccer to be included in EA SPORTS™ FIFA franchise. EA SPORTS™ rendered StubHub Center with specifications exclusively for LA Galaxy games.

“I think whenever you change a manager the next game you either win or you play well so that’s how things happened today. But we’ve got a long way to go. It was fine for the players, but so far so good,” concluded the LA defender Ashley Cole.